A little help for military families
Donna Callahan remembers how much time and emotional effort it took to handle her family’s altered finances when her husband, a commander in the...
Make the choice on wind energy now
There is a fine line between building consensus and dithering. In the case of picking sites for large-scale wind energy projects, Rhode Island is...
In deregulation, Verizon’s gain will be business’ loss
At my plumbing business, we’re on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week. That’s because our clients won’t accept slow service during...
Card-check union organizing <br> a blow to workers’ basic rights
The headline for this story (“Patrick signs bill expanding workers’ rights,” Sept. 27, www.pbn.com) is one of the most misleading I have ever seen....
The time is now for bold change <br> in R.I.’s health care...
The lieutenant governor is right on the broad concepts of what must be done in Rhode Island (“It’s time for Rhode Island to...
U.S. trade deficit shrinks 0.6% in September
WASHINGTON – The nation’s trade deficit shrank to $56.5 billion in September, a decline of 0.6 percent from August’s revised $56.8 billion, according to...
SBA announces first R.I. loans under Patriot Express
PROVIDENCE – Ecologic Spray Foam Insulation Co., Scituate Liquor Shop and The Fallen Records are the first veteran-owned Ocean State businesses to receive financing...
R.I., Mass., 12 other states join Calif. in suing EPA
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island and 13 other states have joined two legal actions, filed this morning by the State of California, that seek ...
Report: Metro regions are key to nation’s prosperity
WASHINGTON – “America’s metropolitan areas are not part of our national economy; rather, they are the national economy,” the Brookings Institute contends in a...
NIC posts 19% rise in 3Q same-state portal revenue
OLATHE, Kan. – NIC Inc. (Nasdaq: EGOV), a provider of e-government services to 21 states, including Rhode Island, and hundreds of local governments, today...
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